Improvement in velocipedes



E. JBLOOD. Veloroipedelv No. 211,960. Patented Feb.4,1s?9.

N'FETERS FHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES ATDNT FFIOE,

EDVIN J. BLOOD, OF MUKWONAGO, lVISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO HERCULES H. CROCKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN VELOCIPEDES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,960, dated February4, 1879; application filed March 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWIN J. BLOOD, oi' Mukwonago, in the county ofWaukesha and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Mode of Propelling Velocipedes, of which thefollowing is a speciiication:

The following is a description of the drawings accompanying myapplication and making a part thereof.

Figure l is an elevation of my invention, in connection with thedriving-wheel of a common velocipede. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a section ot' Fig. 1 at line a m. Fig. 4 is an elevationof a modification of the standard B and curved bar C.

The same letters denote identical parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

This invention relates to velocipedes.

The object of my invention is so to improve the mechanism by which acommon velocipede is driven as to avoid the circular lnotion ot' thefoot of the driver and the danger and exhaustion attending the use ofthe velocipede constructed in the common mode. ThisI accomplish by meansOt' the following-described invention.

B is the bifurcated standard of the forward or driving wheel of thecommon veloeipede of either two or more wheels. B' is the stud of saidstandard B, to which the tiller and seatbars connecting with the hindwlimel or wheels are attached, as in the common velocipede. C

is a curved bar, rigidly inserted in the standard B, extending forwardand downward, terminating in a thimble, C', through which passes thebolt G. D D are bars attached to the extended ends of the bolt G, andare provided with slots H, in which to allow the play of the crank-studE, which is inserted .in the crank-disk El, firmly attached to thespindle E2 of the driving-wheel A. F is a foot-rest or shoe, attached tothe bars D, by means of which the rider drives the velocipede by use ofhis feet.

Fig. 4t is a modification ot' the standard B and bar C as constructed ofone piece ot metal.

The'operation of my invention is as follows: The rider, seated upon theseat as in the common velocipede, places his feet in the footrests F F,and, by bearing downward upon the same alternately one with the other,drives the velocipede in the required direction.

vWha-t I claim, and desire to secure by Let. ters Patent, is r l. Thebar C, in combination with the standard B and bars D D, as and for thepurposes substantially as described.

2. The foot-rests F F, in combination with the bars D D, slots H H, andthe crank-studs l E E, as and for the purposes substantially asdescribed.

EDWIN J. BLOOD. Witnesses:

O. W. BOND, H. EBRUNS.

